Susan Parente

Susan Parente (PMP, CISSP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, CSPO, PSM I, SFC, SDC, SMC, SPOC, SCT, ITIL, RESILIA, CRISC, GLCP, MS Eng. Mgmt.) is a project engineer, consultant, speaker, author, and mentor who leads large complex IT software implementation projects, and is a subject matter expert in risk management and Agile project management. She has 20+ years of experience leading software and business development projects in the private and public sectors, including a decade of experience implementing IT projects for the DoD and other federal government agencies. Mrs. Parente is an Associate Professor at Post University, an Adjunct Professor at Montclair State University, and a Lecturer at University of Virginia. She teaches post graduate courses in Agile, project management, and risk management. Mrs. Parente is a Principal Consultant at S3 Technologies, LLC. Her company’s focus on proactively managing risks, while being Agile and adaptive. S3 Technologies does this by teaming with clients, stakeholders and vendors and using Agile practices and risk management to deliver project successes. Mrs. Parente trains and mentors project managers in the areas of traditional and Agile project management, and risk management. She has developed a methodology which she uses to implement risk management programs for both small and large clients.